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The total average income from all jobs of wage earners increased in the first quarter of this year, while the unemployment rate dropped significantly during the period, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA).

Tân Thanh Border Gate’s customs staff in the northern province of Lạng Sơn, in co-ordination with local functional forces, have seized 280 packages of goods suspected of being fake Thai goods, a representative of the General Department of Customs said.

The strict application of bio-security standards to farming practices is the most effective measure to prevent the spread of African Swine Fever until vaccine production begins, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyễn Xuân Cường has said.

Minimum wage in Việt Nam has been rising for the last three years, with year-on-year increases of 7.3 per cent,  6.5 per cent and 5.3 per cent in 2017, 2018, and 2019, respectively.

As professions go, you would expect a teacher to not lead a lonely life. Surrounded by hoards of children eager to learn, the job of an educator should be anything but isolated. However, for 55-year-old Phạm Văn Triệu, his daily routine is as lonely as it gets.

Thích Minh Tài, a 41-year-old nun, is gently lulling her adopted baby girl to sleep when the infant hears a small noise and suddenly starts.

Việt Nam’s population has reached 96.2 million people as of April 1, ranking 15th in the world and third in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Earlier this month, the DRVN announced a halt to fee collections from 6pm on July 10 if investors failed to sign a contract appendix to set up the electronic toll collection (ETC) system with the Ministry of Transport (MoT).

Functional forces of the central province of Quảng Nam have managed to contain three fires in Hiệp Đức District’s planted forests.  

The Ministry of Public Security’s Investigation Police Agency has initiated criminal proceedings against the director of Nhật Cường Company, a major mobile phone dealer in Hà Nội, for alleged money laundering.

The Market Watchdog in Central Highlands Đắk Lắk Province has seized more than 1,900 empty gas cylinders, which was stored illegally in Buôn Hồ Town’s An Lạc Ward.

Heavy rains in recent days have caused many landslides, especially on national highways, in the northern mountainous province of Lai Châu.

Drawn by higher pay, many in the border locality cross the border to the neighbouring country to work but their illegal status might bring more risks than rewards.

The negotiating skills of executive boards of trade unions need to be strengthened, Trần Thị Thanh Hà, deputy head of the Việt Nam General Confederation of Labour's labour relations department, said.

The Supreme People’s Procuracy has arrested and commenced criminal proceedings against eight heads of the Thăng Long multi-level marketing company for alleged fraudulent appropriation of assets.

Lương Văn Quang got started with organic farming two years ago to help feed his family.

Three years after a five-year plan to renovate half of the 476 old tenements was announced by HCM City authorities, only a fraction of them have been refurbished or rebuilt, causing suffering to many people living in them.